10 Important Differences Between Brains and Computers
# 1: Brains are analogue; computers are digital# 2: The brain uses content-addressable memory
# 3: The brain is a massively parallel machine; computers are modular and serial
# 4: Processing speed is not fixed in the brain; there is no system clock
# 5 - Short-term memory is not like RAM
# 6: No hardware/software distinction can be made with respect to the brain or mind
# 7: Synapses are far more complex than electrical logic gates
#8: Unlike computers, processing and memory are performed by the same components in the brain
# 9: The brain is a self-organizing system
# 10: Brains have bodies
Bonus: The brain is much, much bigger than any [current] computer
-- Chris Chatham, Blogging on the Brain
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